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YEAR: 1983

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Natural Family Planning Programme in India and the laity's responsibility.

AUTHORS

Santiago S

SOURCE

Bulletin of the Natural Family Planning Association of India. 1983 Apr;6(2):13-22.

ABSTRACT

The results of the 1981 All India Documentation and Evaluation Report of individual natural family planning (NFP)

programs operated by 61 dioceses of the Catholic Church in India are summarized, and recommendations for

expanding laity responsibility for the programs are provided. The objective of the programs is to help couples limit

births in order to promote scoioeconomic development in India. The programs are not designed to help women

achieve pregnancy. The programs are funded by Misereor grants, made available through the Indo-German Social

Service Society. The programs encompass 2775 natural family centers, manned by 1763 staff members. 3/4 of the

staff members are lay persons, and the rest are priests and sisters; however, 58 of the 61 program directors are

sisters and priests, and only 3 are members of the laity. According to the evaluation report, between January 1978,

when the program was initiated, and December 31, 1981, a total of 150,244 individuals received training in NFP.

These figures include both method users and individuals who were trained as NFP instructors. In the 61 dioceses,

there were 135,670 user couples by the end of 1981. A user couple is defined as a couple who is trained in NFP and

who uses no other method of contraception. 45% of the couples use NFP to limit births, 42% to space births, and

12% for achieving births. 42% were Christians, 52% were Hindus, and the remaining 6% had other religious

affiliations. 52% of the user couples maintained charts. Dropouts were defined as women who changed to other

methods or became pregnant. The dropout rate was 6%, and the 36-month continuation rate was 83.4%. By the end

of 1981, there were 2470 reported pregnancies among user couples, and 29% of these pregnancies were unplanned.

Program costs by the end of 1981 totaled Rs. 56.89 lakhs. Catholic laity participation in the programs should be

increased. Most laity organizations are apathetic about population issues, and this situation must be remedied.

More professional persons from the laity should be recruited to fill director and coordinating positions in the

programs. External financial support for the program will not be permanent, and the laity should play a role in

developing other funding sources. Couples who benefit from the programs should assume some of the programs'

costs, and professional laity should encourage the government to provide financial support for the programs.

Professional laity should also work to gain greater acceptance of NFP in the scientific community and promote NFP

research. The NFP Association should play an active role in encouraging laity participation in the programs.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT5T 2012-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Natural Family Planning Programme in India and the laity's

responsibility.", is(are) Santiago S. The source of this article is "Bulletin of the Natural Family Planning Association

of India. 1983 Apr;6(2):13-22.". This article was published in 1983 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

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